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Proverbs 19

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1 Better to be poor and walk in innocence than to have dishonest lips and be a fool.
1 Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.
2 Ignorant desire isn't good; rushing feet make mistakes.
2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
3 People's own folly corrupts their way, but their hearts rage against the LORD.
3 One's own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the Lord.
4 Riches increase one's friends, but the poor lose their friends.
4 Wealth brings many friends, but the poor are left friendless.
5 A false witness won't go unpunished, and a liar won't escape.
5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
6 Many seek favor from rulers; everyone befriends a gift giver.
6 Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor hate them; even more, their friends stay far from them. When they pursue them with words, they aren't there.
7 If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there.
8 Those who acquire good sense love themselves; those who keep understanding find success.
8 To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper.
9 False witnesses won't go unpunished, and liars will perish.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
10 Luxury isn't fitting for a fool; even less so for a servant to rule over princes.
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
11 Insightful people restrain their anger; their glory is to ignore an offense.
11 Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
12 A raging king roars like a lion; his favor is like the dew on the grass.
12 A king's anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father; a contentious wife is like constant dripping.
13 A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from one's ancestors, but an insightful wife is from the LORD.
14 House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep; a slacker goes hungry.
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.
16 Those who keep the commandment preserve their lives; those who disregard their ways will die.
16 Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.
17 Those who are gracious to the poor lend to the LORD, and the Lord will fully repay them.
17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full.
18 Discipline your children while there is hope, but don't plan to kill them.
18 Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
19 Angry people must pay the penalty; if you rescue them, then you will have to do it again.
19 A violent tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, so you might grow wise in the future.
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
21 Many plans are in a person's mind, but the LORD's purpose will succeed.
21 The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
22 People long for trustworthiness; it is better to be poor than a liar.
22 What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by harm.
23 The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
24 Lazy people bury their hand in the bowl; they won't even put it to their mouth.
24 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
25 Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; correct someone with understanding, and they will gain knowledge.
25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline, you will wander away from words of knowledge.
27 Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.
28 A worthless witness mocks justice; the wicked mouth gulps down trouble.
28 A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
29 Punishments were made for mockers, and blows for the backs of fools.
29 Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.
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